Intersections are always going to shake up expectations, because you aren't just eliminating one member, it's the team that is going. So someone you might normally think is going to be safe every week, is suddenly thrown off their game.

This week is definitely another surprise. It's not even where I saw things going earlier today. But that's why these things play out - and also why results at this stage of the process are always difficult.

There is ONE piece of good news in all this though - that the people leaving us this week are starting The Jury!

Every week, they will vote amongst themselves to give immunity to someone still in the competition. They may be gone from the game, but their presence will definitely be felt on the remainder of this season!

With that, the only thing left is to announce who the first 4 members of the Jury are going to be.

3 veterans and a newbie who I was always interested in seeing what they would come up with each week, who had definitely put themselves on my personal radar as someone to watch.

Thank you to all of you for coming out this season, and really helping to raise the bar. I hope we will continue to read your stuff this season, as part of the Home Game, and look forward to "speaking" to you every week as part of the Jury!

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(Hey, don't tell me it's inappropriate to do during an elimination, seeing how I'm one of the folks going out!)

Folks it's been an honor... and to be honest, I'm a little surprised that I lasted this long, what with the way I've been struggling the last few months -- some weeks my muse just refused to speak to me.

I'd like to especially thank everyone who donated Byes for me to stay in the game. I appreciate that more than you'll ever know.

Everyone's entries were so good this week, I didn't want anyone to leave! I hope the four of you Home Game. I'm going to miss all of you! And I'm glad you'll be sticking around in some capacity. Yay for making jury!

The only thing more shocking to me than the names on the Jury is that ellakite continually talked about how tough it was for him to craft those brilliant historical pieces.

If there's any saving grace about his exit, it's that maybe he'll work up a pitch for the History Channel, Smithsonian Channel, BBC America, or maybe an internet outlet like Netflix or Amazon for his new series!

I am a wee bit sad that devilz_workshop had to leave with me.He would have definitely done better with another partner. Thanks to Gary for the Jury twist :)(it eases the guilt)

Overall,it was a great run.Personally, when I decided to write non-fiction this season I thought I would be eliminated in two-three weeks. Just because, I had never done it before and people said that non-fiction no more worked well with Idol.So, 'magazhchi' was created as a fall back to write fiction along side. But she got eliminated earlier than expected; which goes to prove that Idol really cannot be predicted :)

It has been a great experience and though I struggled to come up with interesting non-fiction entries; I am happy with the outcome.Thanks to all of you who have read, commented, voted and encouraged me throughout.

So sorry to see some of my favorites eliminated. I always enjoy ellakite's historical fiction and personal essays, and I like the personal perspectives that shadowwolf13 offers. Much applause to devilz_workshop for making it this far the first time out, and eternal_ot, I would like to sincerely thank you for all the wonderful comments, especially those you gave to my son, KFP (kfp_rawr) when he was competing. He looked forward to hearing them every week.